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=== Collection Description === | === Collection Description === | ||
The '''Lincoln Library''' is the public library of Springfield, Illinois.<ref name="Sangamon" /> | |||
They have indexed obituaries from the ''Illinois State Journal'' from 1861-1934 and 1959 to now. All Springfield city directories are here. The '''Sangamon Valley Collection''' has resources (photos, directories, yearbooks, histories, maps) for studying Sangamon and nearby counties.<ref name="DB41">William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 41. {{WorldCat|39493985|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> | They have indexed obituaries from the ''Illinois State Journal'' from 1861-1934 and 1959 to now. All Springfield city directories are here. The '''Sangamon Valley Collection''' has resources (photos, directories, yearbooks, histories, maps) for studying Sangamon and nearby counties.<ref name="DB41">William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 41. {{WorldCat|39493985|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> | ||
They have an index to their manuscript collection. Microfilms include many area newspapers, Illinois censuses, genealogies, city directores, scrapbooks, genealogical society publications, Illinois [[Sanborn Insurance Maps|Sanborn fire insurance maps]], and organization minutes. Internet resources include Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library genealogy resources, the Illinois Newspaper Project, Lithuanians in Springfield, and Oak Ridge Cemetery records, and subscription web sites like America's Newspapers, America's Obituaries, Heritage Quest, the State Journal-Register, and Ancestry.com.<ref name="Sangamon" /> | They have an index to their manuscript collection. Microfilms include many area newspapers, Illinois censuses, genealogies, city directores, scrapbooks, genealogical society publications, Illinois [[Sanborn Insurance Maps|Sanborn fire insurance maps]], and organization minutes. Internet resources include Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library genealogy resources, the Illinois Newspaper Project, Lithuanians in Springfield, and Oak Ridge Cemetery records, and subscription web sites like America's Newspapers, America's Obituaries, Heritage Quest, the State Journal-Register, and Ancestry.com.<ref name="Sangamon" /> | ||
=== Alternate Repositories === | === Alternate Repositories === | ||